New Jersey

As used in this title: Commissioner means the commissioner of labor. Deputy commissioner means the several deputy commissioners of labor except in chapter 15 of this title ( 34:15-1 et seq.),...


The department of labor, hereinafter in this title referred to as the department , organized by an act entitled An act to reorganize the department of labor; to provide for the execution of its...


The department shall have its principal office in Trenton. ...


The commissioner shall be a citizen and resident of this state, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold his office for the term of five years and...


The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. All powers and duties vested in and devolved upon the commissioner or the department shall be exercised and...


As used in this act: Annual mean population means for each resort municipality the following: 12P + 3SP AMP =................. 12 where AMP equals Annual Mean Population P equals Population SP...


a. The seasonal population of each resort municipality shall be estimated by the Department of Labor by taking into account such factors as it deems advisable and appropriate to determine such...


The Commissioner of Labor may adopt and promulgate, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of...


Inspectors shall be classified into four grades which shall be designated respectively first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade. Inspectors of each grade shall receive such...


Inspectors shall perform such duties as the commissioner shall direct. ...


The commissioner shall be the appointing authority of the department and shall in accordance with the civil service laws employ such inspectors, clerks, stenographers and other personnel as he may...


The commissioner may employ additional inspectors, expert investigators or advisers for such period as he shall consider necessary and at such compensation as shall be fixed by him or otherwise...


Deputy commissioners, bureau heads and inspectors of the department shall, in addition to the annual salaries received by them, receive the necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance...


The deputy commissioners, chief inspectors and inspectors shall be provided with certificates of authority by the secretary of state, which shall be exhibited on demand by the person in charge of...


The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors may administer oaths and take affidavits in matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this title. ...


No inspector shall engage in any business, occupation or employment during his term of office that will in any way interfere with or prevent his full and faithful performance of his duties. Each...


The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors shall have the right at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect all places and establishments regulated or affected by this title and each...


No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with, by force or otherwise, the performance of any duty under the provisions of this title by the commissioner or by any of the deputy...


Each inspector shall note in writing the names of minors discharged from any employment and within twenty-four hours thereafter shall send or deliver a list of such minors with their names in...


The commissioner shall, on or before October thirty-first in each year, make report to the governor of the work of the department. ...


The commissioner may make and publish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as he shall deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this title. Whenever any condition is found to exist...


The commissioner may charge a fee of not less than $ 15.00 nor more than $ 1,000.00 for issuing a certificate of approval of any plans or specifications, or both, required by law or regulation of...


The commissioner may charge a reasonable fee for blue prints, literature and publications issued by the department. ...


Fees and moneys collected by the commissioner under the provisions of this title shall be paid by him to the state treasurer. ...


The examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau shall administer the licensing of engineers and firemen and the inspection of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants. The...


The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws for the operation of the mechanical inspection bureau not inconsistent with law, and shall...


Each member of the mechanical inspection bureau shall be paid his necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty. ...


The Governor shall appoint 6 citizens of this State, 2 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed by this State, and who shall represent the following interests: one manufacturer of boilers,...


The bureau of statistics and records shall collect, classify and report to the legislature, on or before the last day of October in each year, statistical details relating to labor in the state...


The information secured shall be presented in the annual report by figures only; the names of persons, firms or corporations shall in no case be printed and the business of manufacturers,...


Any owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of an establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, who willfully neglects or refuses to make return or report as...


The bureau of industrial statistics and records shall publish and issue from time to time bulletins and pamphlets pertaining to its work and shall perform such other duties as the commissioner...


The commissioner shall collect and disseminate all data as to unemployment and places offering employment in the manner most likely to enable the unemployed to secure employment. ...


The bureau of employment and bureaus co-operating in carrying out the provisions of sections 34:1-59 to 34:1-64, 34:1-66 to 34:1-69 of this title, shall keep a record of all labor disturbances or...


As used in this title: Commissioner means the commissioner of labor. Deputy commissioner means the several deputy commissioners of labor except in chapter 15 of this title ( 34:15-1 et seq.),...


The department of labor, hereinafter in this title referred to as the department , organized by an act entitled An act to reorganize the department of labor; to provide for the execution of its...


The department shall have its principal office in Trenton. ...


The commissioner shall be a citizen and resident of this state, appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He shall hold his office for the term of five years and...


The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. All powers and duties vested in and devolved upon the commissioner or the department shall be exercised and...


The Department of Labor shall annually determine which municipalities qualify as resort municipalities and determine and certify the annual mean population of resort municipalities. This...


As used in this act: Annual mean population means for each resort municipality the following: 12P + 3SP AMP =................. 12 where AMP equals Annual Mean Population P equals Population SP...


a. The seasonal population of each resort municipality shall be estimated by the Department of Labor by taking into account such factors as it deems advisable and appropriate to determine such...


The Commissioner of Labor may adopt and promulgate, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of...


The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this title and exercise supervision and control over the deputy commissioners, bureau chiefs and all inspectors, and shall, as often as is...


Inspectors shall be classified into four grades which shall be designated respectively first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade. Inspectors of each grade shall receive such...


Inspectors shall perform such duties as the commissioner shall direct. ...


The commissioner shall be the appointing authority of the department and shall in accordance with the civil service laws employ such inspectors, clerks, stenographers and other personnel as he may...


The deputy commissioners, chief inspectors and inspectors shall be provided with certificates of authority by the secretary of state, which shall be exhibited on demand by the person in charge of...


The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors may administer oaths and take affidavits in matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this title. ...


No inspector shall engage in any business, occupation or employment during his term of office that will in any way interfere with or prevent his full and faithful performance of his duties. Each...


The commissioner, deputy commissioners and inspectors shall have the right at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect all places and establishments regulated or affected by this title and each...


No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay, or interfere with, by force or otherwise, the performance of any duty under the provisions of this title by the commissioner or by any of the deputy...


Each inspector shall note in writing the names of minors discharged from any employment and within twenty-four hours thereafter shall send or deliver a list of such minors with their names in...


The commissioner shall prosecute violations of the provisions of this title in any court of competent jurisdiction. ...


The commissioner shall, on or before October thirty-first in each year, make report to the governor of the work of the department. ...


The commissioner may make and publish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as he shall deem necessary to enforce the provisions of this title. Whenever any condition is found to exist...


The commissioner may charge a fee of not less than $ 15.00 nor more than $ 1,000.00 for issuing a certificate of approval of any plans or specifications, or both, required by law or regulation of...


The commissioner may charge a reasonable fee for blue prints, literature and publications issued by the department. ...


Fees and moneys collected by the commissioner under the provisions of this title shall be paid by him to the state treasurer. ...


There shall be within the Division of Labor, Department of Labor and Industry, a mechanical inspection bureau which shall administer engineers' and firemen's licensing and boiler, pressure vessel...


The examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau shall administer the licensing of engineers and firemen and the inspection of boilers, pressure vessels and refrigeration plants. The...


The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws for the operation of the mechanical inspection bureau not inconsistent with law, and shall...


Each member of the mechanical inspection bureau shall be paid his necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty. ...


Any citizen of the State having had at least 5 years' experience as engineer in the maintenance and operation of steam boilers, or as boiler maker, or as inspector for an insurance company...


The commissioner shall from time to time direct the examining board of the mechanical inspection bureau to hold examinations for inspectors and shall prescribe the rules for and scope of such...


The Governor shall appoint 6 citizens of this State, 2 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed by this State, and who shall represent the following interests: one manufacturer of boilers,...


The bureau of statistics and records shall be under the direction of a chief of bureau who shall be appointed by the commissioner. ...


The bureau of statistics and records shall collect, classify and report to the legislature, on or before the last day of October in each year, statistical details relating to labor in the state...


The annual report of the bureau shall include statistics showing the number of private firms and corporations engaged in the several industries in this state; the capital invested; amount of raw...


The information secured shall be presented in the annual report by figures only; the names of persons, firms or corporations shall in no case be printed and the business of manufacturers,...


Any owner, operator, lessee, manager or superintendent of an establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this state, who willfully neglects or refuses to make return or report as...


The chief of the bureau of statistics and records shall have power to examine witnesses under oath. ...


The bureau of industrial statistics and records shall publish and issue from time to time bulletins and pamphlets pertaining to its work and shall perform such other duties as the commissioner...


The bureau of statistics and records shall continue the compilation and publication every third year, or oftener if in the judgment of the commissioner the interests of the state will be served...


The workmen's compensation bureau shall consist of the commissioner who shall act as chairman, a director, deputy commissioners of compensation appointed by the commissioner; and such referees and...


The first director of the workmen's compensation bureau to be designated under this act shall be the deputy commissioner of compensation serving upon the effective date hereof in the capacity of...


Any referee, who is a counselor at law duly admitted to practice by the supreme court, and who has served as a referee in the bureau for not less than two years, may at the discretion of the...


The bureau of employment shall consist of a chief of bureau appointed by the commissioner and such clerks and employees as may be necessary. The commissioner may, for the purposes of the bureau,...


The department is authorized to establish such subdivisions of the bureau of employment as he may deem advisable for the following purposes: To bring together employers seeking employees and...


The commissioner is authorized to co-operate with other public employment bureaus, whether operated by voluntary, charitable or eleemosynary organizations, or by municipalities in this or other...


The bureau of employment of the New Jersey department of labor is hereby designated as the state agency which shall co-operate with the employment service of the United States department of labor...


The commissioner shall collect and disseminate all data as to unemployment and places offering employment in the manner most likely to enable the unemployed to secure employment. ...


The bureau of employment and bureaus co-operating in carrying out the provisions of sections 34:1-59 to 34:1-64, 34:1-66 to 34:1-69 of this title, shall keep a record of all labor disturbances or...


The bureau of employment shall assist migrant laborers in securing suitable employment, investigate their living and working conditions, and counsel them in matters of sanitation, and proper...


The bureau of employment shall investigate unemployment conditions affecting soldiers and sailors of the United States after their discharge from service, collect and compile data as to...


Each office of the bureau of employment shall in co-operation with the chief executive officers of the several municipalities within its district prepare and preserve a list of all available...


No compensation shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly, for any service performed pursuant to sections 34:1-59 to 34:1-68 of this title from any person applying for employment or...


The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall appoint a competent person to have charge of such Division of the Deaf, who shall be fully conversant with the sign language of the deaf as ascertained...


The director of such division shall collect and tabulate statistics pertaining to the deaf, their employment and welfare; shall ascertain primarily by annual review of the New Jersey job market,...


The Director of the Division of the Deaf shall receive such compensation as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and such actual and necessary expenses as shall be...


The term deaf , for purposes of the Division of the Deaf and as used in this act, means those persons in whom the sense of hearing is nonfunctional for ordinary purposes of life and includes two...


The Legislature finds and declares that it shall be the policy of this State to secure the rights of hearing impaired persons who, because of impairment of hearing or speech, are unable to readily...


If a qualified interpreter or the hearing impaired client states that the interpretation is not satisfactory and that an intermediary interpreter will improve the quality of interpretation, the...


The appointing authority shall appoint a qualified interpreter to assist a hearing impaired person throughout the proceedings and in preparation with counsel as follows: a. In any case before any...


In any action or proceeding in which an interpreter is required to be appointed, the court or administrative authority may not commence proceedings until the appointed interpreter is in full view...


a. The State Division of the Deaf in the Department of Labor, created pursuant to P.L.1941, c. 197 (C. 34:1-69.1 et seq.) shall maintain a list of qualified interpreters and provide the list to...


a. An appointed interpreter shall receive a reasonable fee for his services, together with his actual expenses for travel and waiting time. b. The Supreme Court shall establish rules governing the...


The right of a hearing impaired person to an interpreter shall not be waived unless the hearing impaired person requests a waiver in writing. The waiver shall be granted if the hearing impaired...


Any information that the interpreter gathers from the hearing impaired person pertaining to any proceeding then pending shall at all times remain confidential and privileged on an equal basis with...


Except as otherwise in this Title specifically provided, a proceeding for the recovery of a penalty for the violation of any provision of this Title shall be by a civil action in the name of the...


On the effective date of this act the Department of Labor and Industry established pursuant to P.L.1948, c. 446 (C. 34:1A-1 et seq.) shall be entitled and known as the Department of Labor and...


The administrator and head of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, and who shall be a person qualified by training and experience...


The commissioner, as head of the department, shall: (a) Administer the work of the department; (b) Appoint and remove officers and other personnel employed within the department, subject to the...


The commissioner may delegate to subordinate officers or employees in the department such of his powers as he may deem desirable, to be exercised under his supervision and direction, and shall, by...


There is hereby established in the Department of Labor and Industry a Division of Labor, a Division of Workmen's Compensation, and a Division of Employment Security. ...


All of the functions, powers and duties of the existing Department of Labor, of the Commissioner of Labor, and of the respective bureaus and divisions therein, of the existing Unemployment...


All of the functions, powers and duties of the existing Department of Labor and of the respective bureaus and divisions therein and of the Commissioner of Labor herein transferred to the...


The Division of Workplace Standards shall conduct an extensive orientation program to educate new and existing employers about wage and hour laws and, as appropriate, other laws pertaining to...


The Division of Labor shall be under the immediate supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The director of such...


There shall be within the Division of Labor, a Bureau of Migrant Labor. The division of migrant labor of the existing Department of Labor and Industry, together with all of its functions, powers...


All of the functions, powers and duties of the workmen's compensation bureau of the existing Department of Labor, and those exercised or performed by it or any of its officers or employees in the...


The Division of Workmen's Compensation shall consist of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry who shall act as chairman, a director who shall be appointed as hereinafter provided, judges of...


The Director of the Division of Workmen's Compensation and each judge of compensation shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey. ...


Any person hereafter appointed as a referee, referee, formal hearings, supervising referee, or supervising referee, formal hearings shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey,...


All persons heretofore appointed and serving as deputy directors of compensation shall continue in such appointments, as heretofore, with the title of judge of compensation. ...


The Director of the Division of Worker's Compensation shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be...


Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the workmen's compensation bureau of the existing...


All of the functions, powers and duties of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, of the respective bureaus and divisions therein, and of the executive director of such commission, are hereby...


The division of Employment Security shall be under the immediate supervision of a director who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such division. The...


The Director of the Division of Employment Services shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be...


The Director of the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30...


There shall be within the Department of Labor an Employment Security Council, which shall consist of nine members, not more than five of whom shall be of the same political affiliation. Three of...


There shall also be within the Division of Employment Security the Advisory Council on Disability Benefits, as established by and constituted under the Temporary Disability Benefits Law, except...


There shall be within the Division of Employment Security a Board of Review consisting of three members, who shall act as a final appeals board in cases of benefit disputes, including appeals from...


To hear and decide disputed benefit claims, including appeals from determinations with respect to demands by the deputy for refunds of benefits under section 43:21-16(d) of the Revised Statutes,...


Except as otherwise provided herein or as may be changed pursuant to authorization contained herein or in any other law, the organization of the existing Unemployment Compensation Commission is...


The New Jersey State Board of Mediation of the existing Department of Labor and all of its functions, powers and duties are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and Industry established...


The director of each division in the Department of Labor and Industry shall be in the unclassified service of the civil service of the State. Any such director may be removed from office by the...


Such employees of any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Labor and...


Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person holding any office or position not abolished pursuant to the provisions of this act, of any tenure rights or of any right or protection...


All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of any department, commission, board, office or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or...


This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by any department, commission, board, officer or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which...


This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against any department, commission, board, officer or other agency, the functions, powers and duties of which...


The Unemployment Compensation Commission, the office of executive director of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, the office of director of the New Jersey State Employment Service Division...


Subject to the provisions of this act: Whenever the term Commissioner of Labor occurs or any reference is made thereto in any law, contract or document, the same shall be deemed to mean or refer...


All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed. ...


This act shall be known as, and may be cited as the Department of Labor and Industry Act of 1948. ...


This act shall take effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, except that any appointment, and any confirmation or approval of any appointment, permitted by...


The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Apprenticeship Council in the Division of Labor in the Department of Labor and Industry, composed of three...


The Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall appoint a person to be in charge of apprentice training in the Division of Labor in the Department of Labor and Industry. The Commissioner of Labor and...


Local and State joint apprenticeship committees may be approved, in any trade or group of trades, in trade areas or regions of the State by the council, whenever the apprentice training needs of...


Standards for apprenticeship agreements may be as follows: (1) A statement of the trade or craft to be taught and the required hours for completion of apprenticeship which shall be not less than...


For the purposes of this act an apprenticeship agreement shall be deemed to be: (1) An individual written agreement between an employer and an apprentice, or (2) a written agreement between an...


The provisions of this act shall apply to a person, firm, corporation or craft only after such person, firm, corporation or craft has voluntarily elected to conform with its provisions. ...


If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to other persons and...


This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. ...


The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. Increased revenues for this State and more employment opportunities for its citizens will result from the proper promotion throughout the United...


3. As used in this act, unless a different meaning appears from the context: a. Council means the New Jersey Tourism Advisory Council. b. Director means the Director of the Division of Travel...


There is hereby established in the Department of Labor and Industry the Division of Travel and Tourism. The division shall be under the supervision of a director, who shall be a person qualified...


All the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Tourism and Promotion in the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Labor and Industry are transferred to the Division of...


The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the State Agency Transfer Act, P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). ...


The director, upon consultation with the council, shall develop a 10-year master plan for the growth of tourism for presentation to the Governor and the Legislature no later than February 1, 1979....


In the pursuance and promotion of a State policy on tourism, the division shall: a. Provide and promote adequate opportunities for county and municipal participation, Federal agency participation,...


The commission shall: a. Aid the division in the formulation of the 10-year master plan and the annual review thereof; b. Consider all matters referred to it by the director; and c. Make...


If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act,...


All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, superseded and repealed. ...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the New Products, New Jobs Act of 1980. ...


The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is not in the public interest for any citizens of this State to be unemployed solely because of an inability to reach a place of potential...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Jobs Transportation Demonstration Act of 1978. ...


The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry is hereby authorized to develop and administer a program to provide funds for demonstration projects to transport persons to job sites, job...


The commissioner shall establish standards for the allocation of funds pursuant to this act which standards shall: a. Be responsive to areas of high unemployment; b. Guarantee that each applicant...


Demonstration projects funded under this act shall be limited to three basic intra-State services as follows: a. Transporting persons from employment service centers, or other centralized sites to...


There is established in, but not of, the Department of Labor the New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall: a. Design and implement a comprehensive occupational...


The committee shall: a. Include the Commissioner of Commerce, Energy and Economic Development, as the representative of the State economic development agency; the Commissioner of Education, as the...


The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee shall conduct, not less than once every three years, and on a Statewide basis, a comprehensive survey of occupations in the State...


The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee shall conduct, not less than once every three years, and on a Statewide basis, a comprehensive survey of occupations in the State...


The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee shall conduct, not less than once every three years, and on a Statewide basis, a comprehensive survey of occupations in the State...


There is established within the Department of Labor a Council on Undocumented Aliens which shall consist of 14 public members and the commissioner, ex officio, or his designee, as chair, not more...


The council shall be responsible for: a. Making a study of the undocumented alien population in this State, including, but not limited to: (1) An estimate of whether the number of undocumented...


The council may: a. Hold public meetings or hearings within the State on any matter or matters related to the provisions of this act. b. Call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of...


Three years from the date the council first meets, the council shall submit to the commissioner and the Legislature a report summarizing its activities, findings and recommendations. Upon the...


This act shall be known and may be cited as The New Jersey Economic Development Authority Act. LexisNexis (TM) Notes:

The Legislature hereby finds and determines that: a. Department of Labor statistics of recent years indicate a continuing decline in manufacturing employment within the State, which is a...


4. a. There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the New Jersey Economic Development...


a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the State Treasurer are hereby authorized to enter into one or more contracts to secure, in whole or in part, any bonds, refunding bonds or...


The authority shall have the following powers: a. To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; b. To adopt and have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;...


The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall adopt rules and regulations requiring that not less than the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers employed in the performance of any...


The rules and regulations adopted under section 1 of this act shall provide for the proper and appropriate administration and enforcement of such regulations. ...


A violation of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be deemed to be a violation of P.L.1963, c. 150 (C. 34:11-56.25 et seq.). The Commissioner of Labor and...


a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall adopt rules and regulations to establish an affirmative action program for the hiring of minority workers employed in the performance of...


In the exercise of powers granted by P.L. 2000, c. 72 (C. 18A:7G-1 et al.) in connection with any school facilities project, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities or costs that the...


a. No municipality shall modify or change the drawings, plans or specifications for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of any school facilities project of...


a. In undertaking any school facilities projects where the cost of construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement will exceed $ 25,000, the authority may prepare, or cause to be...


a. If the authority shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of any school facilities project to change the location of any portion of any public highway or road, it may contract...


Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any bonds issued pursuant to P.L. 2000, c. 72 (C. 18A:7G-1 et al.) shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of...


A copy of any application for assistance under this act received by the authority shall be submitted to, and for the review and advice of, the Director of the Division of Economic Development....


a. The authority shall establish and maintain a special fund called the economic development fund into which shall be deposited such moneys (1) as shall be appropriated by the State for the...


The Legislature finds that there continue to exist in the State's urban communities high unemployment, low levels of new capital investment, depressed living and working conditions and...


The economic development fund established in the New Jersey Economic Development Authority under section 7 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-7) shall be a fund for community development purposes with the...


Amounts appropriated to the economic development fund from the Community Development Bond Fund shall be used for the purpose of paying or financing the costs of projects undertaken by the New...


Financing of projects pursuant to this act shall be in such form, amount and on such terms as the authority shall believe necessary in order to assure the economic feasibility of a project and to...


The authority shall annually report to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the financing of projects undertaken, and concerning projects planned to be undertaken, pursuant to this act. The...


The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, as successor to the New Jersey State Area Redevelopment Authority through the Executive Reorganization Plan filed February 27, 1978, shall repay...


All sums appropriated or transferred to the New Jersey Area Redevelopment Authority, except those referred to in section 1 of this act, or to the New Jersey Urban Loan Authority, from any source,...


The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, as successor to the New Jersey State Area Redevelopment Authority, may, after negotiation and agreement with the State Treasurer, prepay all...


Sections one through ten of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Economic Recovery Fund Act. ...


The Legislature finds and determines that limitations on the availability of loan funds from financial institutions has seriously impeded the development and completion of many economic...


The authority may use the moneys in the fund to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on bonds or notes, which shall be entitled Economic Recovery Fund Bonds or Notes, as appropriate,...


With respect to projects to be financed by the authority pursuant to this act and undertaken with moneys from the Economic Recovery Fund, the authority shall in determining those projects, and in...


Commencing with fiscal year 1992, the State Treasurer shall in each fiscal year pay from the General Fund to the Economic Recovery Fund, in accordance with a contract between the treasurer and the...


The State Treasurer and the authority are authorized to enter into one or more contracts to implement the payment arrangement that is provided for in section 6 of this act. The contract or...


The authority shall report six months after the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter not later than September 15, to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the financing of...


Notice of loans, guarantees, grants or other forms of financing for projects from such funds as may be made available under subsections a. and e. of section 4 of this act shall be submitted to the...


Sections 1 through 10 of this 1993 amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the Public School Capital Finance Assistance Act. ...


The Legislature finds and declares that the northeastern region of the country and New Jersey, in particular, continues to be seriously affected by the national economic downturn; that public...


As used in this act: Authority means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4); Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department...


a. The authority shall establish and maintain a special nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the Public School Facilities Code Compliance Loan Fund, hereinafter the compliance fund, which...


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a. The authority shall establish and maintain a special nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the Public School Facilities Loan Assistance Fund, hereinafter the facilities fund, which shall...


a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is authorized to issue bonds, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $ 100,000,000, the proceeds from which shall be used to provide matching funds...


In the case of a school district that has applied for any loan pursuant to this 1993 amendatory and supplementary act, and that is required to seek authorization for the issuance of bonds, or for...


The authority is hereby empowered and directed to adopt summarily any rule, and to take any administrative action whatsoever, necessary to effectuate the purposes of this 1993 amendatory and...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the New Jersey Boat Industry Loan Guarantee Fund Act. ...


The Legislature finds and declares that the regional and national economic downturn which began in late 1989 continues to negatively affect the State, resulting in an alarming number of layoffs in...


As used in this act: Authority means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). Boat means a vessel or watercraft, other...


a. To implement the program, the authority shall establish and maintain a special revolving fund to be known as the New Jersey Boat Industry Loan Guarantee Fund, hereinafter the guarantee...


The authority shall establish sufficient reserves and liquid reserves to provide a sufficient and actuarially sound basis for its pledges contained in any loan guarantee agreement entered into...


The authority shall enter into agreements with participating banks and boat manufacturers or distributors qualified pursuant to subsection d. of section 5 of this act to use the moneys from the...


Within fifteen months following the effective date of this act, and on or before February 15 of each succeeding year in which a loan guarantee agreement entered into under this act is in effect,...


The authority shall adopt, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. In...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the New Jersey Emerging Technology and Biotechnology Financial Assistance Act. ...


The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Biotechnology is an emerging technology that holds great promise for designing living organisms that can be used for the treatment of diseases, and...


As used in this act: Authority means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4); Biotechnology means the continually...


The authority shall establish a New Jersey Emerging Technology and Biotechnology Financial Assistance Program to stimulate increased financing to help fund the costs incurred by new or expanding...


a. To implement the program, the authority shall establish and maintain a special account to be known as the New Jersey Emerging Technology and Biotechnology Financial Assistance Fund,...


a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall establish within the New Jersey Emerging Technology and Biotechnology Financial Assistance Program established pursuant to P.L.1995, c.137...


As used in P.L. 1997, c. 334 (C. 34:1B-7.42a et al.): Authority means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 1974, c. 80 (C. 34:1B-4);...


Not later than one year following the effective date of this act, and for each succeeding year in which a financial assistance agreement entered into under this act is in effect, the authority...


The authority shall adopt, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. In...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pension Bond Financing Act of 1997. ...


The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State currently makes contributions on an annual basis to fund the State's obligations under its various pension funds and retirement systems,...


As used in this act: a. Bonds means bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this act. b. New Jersey Economic Development Authority or authority means the New...


Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary: a. The authority shall have the power, pursuant to the provisions of this act and P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et...


a. The State Treasurer shall, in each State fiscal year, pay from the General Fund to the authority, in accordance with a contract or contracts between the State Treasurer and the authority,...


The State Treasurer shall, on or before April 1 of each year, issue a report on the financing provided for in this act to the Governor, the Senate President, the Speaker of the General Assembly,...


It is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this act and any other law pertaining to the purposes of this act, to the extent of...


If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the...


The authority shall also have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits,...


For the purpose of providing funds (a) to pay all or any part of the cost of any project or projects, (b) to make loans in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 1974, c. 80 (C. 34:1B-1 et seq.),...


By resolution, the authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purposes stated in section 9 of P.L. 1974, c. 80 (C. 34:1B-9). Except as may otherwise...


Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of Title 12A,...


In order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, the authority shall have power by resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to:...


Any pledge of revenues or other moneys made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by...


Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other...


The governing bodies of any two contiguous municipalities within which is located or is to be located a New Jersey Economic Development Authority project situated in part within each municipality,...


Any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1 of this act for the sharing of payments and revenues derived from a project shall also set forth the manner in which the costs of municipal...


Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all political subdivisions of this State, their officers, boards, commissioners, departments or other agencies, all banks,...


All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to the authority a good and sufficient...


The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide a complete method for the doing of things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as not in conflict with, or as restrictive of,...


If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act of the application thereof to any person, project or circumstances, be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment...


a. Any county, by resolution of its governing body, shall have power to enter into contracts with the authority relating to any project or projects situated within the county; provided, however,...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Good Driver Protection Act of 1994. ...


The Legislature hereby finds and declares: a. The Market Transition Facility, created pursuant to section 88 of P.L.1990, c. 8 (C. 17:33B-11) to serve as an interim residual market mechanism and...


For the purposes of sections 1 through 15 of this act: Commissioner means the Commissioner of Insurance. Division of Motor Vehicles Surcharge Fund or DMV Surcharge Fund means the fund...


a. The authority shall have the power to issue Market Transition Facility bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $ 750 million, pursuant to the provisions of this act, under the powers given to...


a. For the purpose of providing funds for payment of current and anticipated liabilities and expenses of the facility, the authority shall have the power to provide for the funding or refunding of...


The authority may, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes, pledge the Facility Revenue Fund or a portion thereof for payment of the redemption of the Market Transition...


There is created within the authority a special nonlapsing fund, to be known as the Market Transition Facility Revenue Fund. The Facility Revenue Fund shall consist of: a. Such monies as may be...


a. The authority may use the monies in the Market Transition Facility Revenue Fund to pay the principal and interest and premium, if any, on the Market Transition Facility bonds or notes issued by...


Market Transition Facility bonds and notes issued by the authority shall be special and limited obligations which are payable only from monies on deposit in the Facility Revenue Fund. New Jersey...


The State hereby pledges and covenants with the holders of any Market Transition Facility bonds, notes or other obligations and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission bonds, notes or other...


No later than four months following the issuance of any Market Transition Facility bonds or notes, the Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with the authority, shall provide a statement...


There is created within the Department of the Treasury a special nonlapsing fund to be known as the Division of Motor Vehicles Surcharge Fund, which, beginning September 1, 1996 or earlier as...


a. The State Treasurer and the authority may enter into any agreements as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act, which may include, but not be limited to, procedures for the...


The State Treasurer shall, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this act, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, transfer to the Market Transition Facility Revenue Fund $ 100...


a. The commissioner shall prepare a semi-annual report for the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly on the financial condition of the New Jersey Automobile...


This act shall be known as the Motion Picture and Television Development Act. ...


a. There is hereby established in but not of the Department of Labor and Industry a Motion Picture and Television Development Commission. b. The commission shall consist of eight public members no...


The Motion Picture and Television Development Commission shall organize itself in such manner as it deems desirable and necessary, but no action shall be taken or motion or resolution adopted by...


On or before December 31 of each year, the Motion Picture and Television Development Commission shall make an annual report of its activities for the Governor and the Legislature. ...


The Motion Picture and Television Development Commission shall have the following powers: a. To adopt such rules and regulations as it deems advisable with respect to the conduct of its own...


The Motion Picture and Television Development Commission shall prepare and implement programs to promote a motion picture and television industry within the State. Such a program shall include but...


If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act or the application thereof to any person, project or circumstances, be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the Worker Owned Corporation Study Act . ...


The Department of Labor and Industry is directed to undertake a study as to the best means of providing encouragement and assistance to the formulation of employee stock ownership plans providing...


In conducting its study, the department shall: a. consider Federal and State law relating directly or indirectly to these plans, and to the organization and operation of any trusts established...


Pursuant to the findings and conclusions of the study conducted as provided in sections 3. and 4. of this act, the Department of Labor and Industry shall develop a plan to encourage and assist the...


The Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall within 1 year of the effective date of this act report the findings and conclusions of the study, together with details of the plan...


This act shall be known and may be cited as the New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund Act. ...


The Legislature finds that there continue to exist in the State areas of high unemployment, low levels of new capital investment, depressed living and working conditions, and a deteriorating tax...


As used in this act: a. Fund means the New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund established in section 4 of this act. b. Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce...


There is established the New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund, a special depository fund into which shall be deposited moneys for carrying out the purposes of this act. The fund shall be...


Financial assistance provided from the fund shall include, but not be limited to, loans, loan guarantees, grants, secondary mortgages and equity participation. The form, amount and terms of...


The commissioner shall evaluate and rank each application for financial assistance for a project in accordance with the following criteria: a. Primary criterion: (1) The number of unemployed...


The commissioner shall annually establish a schedule of discrete application periods for the next year, provided that no period shall be less than one month nor more than six months. At the end of...


Upon receipt of any revised project plan prepared as a result of any recommendations made pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of this act, and of any information required pursuant to the...


Upon receipt of a copy of the notice of approval of a project as an eligible project and accompanying statement of the terms of financial assistance, the State Treasurer shall arrange with the...


The commissioner shall require each sponsor of an eligible project receiving assistance from the New Jersey Local Development Financing Fund pursuant to the provisions of this act annually to...


The Legislature finds and declares: a. That entrepreneurship is a vital component of the national heritage that fosters the health and dynamism of the overall economy; b. That despite their...